Online: BSHPHN Working Better with Borderline Personality Disorder with a DBT Lens (Session 2)
Event Details
- April 1st, 2025
- 6:00pm - 7:30pm
- Free
Event organiser
This is a Brisbane South PHN event in partnership with Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services
Event description
This FREE CPD Activity under the RACGP CPD Program for GPs and practice nurses will give you the basics of understanding Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), practical ideas and more confidence in working with people with this disorder, informed by the extensive experience of the trainers.
The training will cover:
- key features of BPD and an overview of how Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) conceptualises emotional dys-regulation - how this can change our understanding and approach to patients
- recognising the patient with BPD and having options to respond more effectively to their care needs- assessment, pharmacotherapy, treatment pathways and comorbidities
- practical clinical engagement strategies and techniques to implement that will work better with this population- why ‘practice as usual’ may not work
- a foundation in a risk assessment system for responding to presentations with suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury and communicating risk to other providers and your documentation
- responding to problematic behaviours effectively such as those interfering with the clinician and practice functioning
- An opportunity for General Practitioners and practice nurses questions to be answered
Audience: This online webinar is for General Practitioners and practice nurses working in the Brisbane South region wanting CPD opportunities in mental health and Borderline Personality Disorder in particular.
A follow up 1 day face to face training session for General Practitioners and practice nurses will be delivered on 31 May 2025 at Brisbane South PHN office (Eight Mile Plains) for those seeking a deeper level of skill and knowledge in this area (This face to face training session is a CPD Activity under the RACGP CPD Program) – **attendance at this online DBT webinar is a prerequisite. **
Presenters: Training is delivered by Metro South DBT Workforce Development Officers, Kathy Madson , Regan Davis and Natasha Briffa jointly with a psychiatrist and psychotherapist having extensive experience in public health and private practice with patients with complex presentations and personality disorders, Dr Sigi Gutjahr.
Dr Sigrun Gutjahr
Sigi is an adult psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) and a member of the Faculty of Psychotherapy. She currently works in the public sector at Gold Coast HHS as a clinical lead for Project AIR, a program for treatment of BPD and as teacher and supervisor in psychotherapy. She supervises a psychotherapy training clinic for psychiatric registrars to facilitate ongoing experience in psychotherapy.
In her private practice her focus is psychotherapy and application of different models in patients with complex presentations and personality disorders. She holds a Masters in Psychotherapy in Psychiatric Practice (UQ)
PLEASE NOTE:
You will receive a link to access the webinar in the registration confirmation email. If you do not receive your registration confirmation email or you cannot access the link please email events@bsphn.org.au.
You will also receive an email with more information at least 7 days prior to your scheduled session. Should you not receive this email in that timeframe please contact Carolina Nemeth at Brisbane South PHN via cnemeth@bsphn.org.au_
This is an approved CPD Activity
This is an RACGP-approved CPD activity under the RACGP Program - Educational activities hours: 1.5 hr. GPs, please provide your RACGP number when registering to be allocated points for this activity.